For the better part of a generation, fans of the Detroit Red Wings always had something good to look forward to in mid-March.
By that point in the season, the Red Wings always had something to play for. If it wasn’t getting into the playoff picture, then it was their positioning with it. If it wasn’t a division title, it was a President’s Trophy finish.
By mid-March, the fans always had something to look forward to beyond a playoff finish, which was a given at the start of the year.
Over the past three seasons, those lofty expectations have been knocked down a peg or two. Indeed, the Red Wings were battling for a playoff spot right until the last game of the season last year, as that particular outcome was in doubt right until the end.
Still, they got in.
It’s mid-March in 2014, and while the Detroit Red Wings are still mathematically within sight of a playoff spot, many fans will only find cold comfort in any statistical analysis or formulaic assessment of their chances.
Mathematical probabilities cannot distract anyone from the truth at this po ...
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